The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 9 - Soups and Ingredients
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Let's curl up with a sleepy bowl of soup as the inimitable Mrs. Beeton walks us through recipes and the history of vegetables. If you aren't boiling your carrots for three hours, are you even cooking?
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:18.0 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon family. |
| 0:25.0 | Cinging, Mia, Patricia, and Tate. |
| 0:31.0 | Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | By becoming members of Patreon, |
| 0:38.0 | you help us remain 100% listener supported and ad free for everyone and it's very much appreciated. |
| 0:46.0 | And because you're supporting in the month of December, |
| 0:50.0 | you and everyone else who is a member of Patreon |
| 0:53.5 | or drops us a one-time tip via buymea coffee.com |
| 0:58.1 | will be entered into some drawings at the end of the month, |
| 1:01.6 | the prizes for which I'm keeping a secret, but I think you'll like them. |
| 1:07.0 | If you're interested in supporting Boring Books for Bedtime and being entered into those giveaways. You'll find links to |
| 1:14.7 | Patreon and buy me a coffee.com in the show description. Now let's read and relax. |
| 1:25.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:29.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:32.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. Let it out slowly. And off we go. |
| 1:46.0 | Tonight we return to one of the most popular books read on this podcast, |
| 1:51.0 | and for which I receive more requests than any other. |
| 1:55.0 | The Book of Household Management, |
| 1:58.0 | comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, |
| 2:11.6 | upper and under housemaids, ladies made, made of all work, laundry made, nurse and |
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